{"id":2282818,"date":"2024-06-24T16:19:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T20:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oakland-mayor-says-she-has-done-nothing-wrong-following-fbi-raid-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T16:20:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T20:20:49","slug":"oakland-mayor-says-she-has-done-nothing-wrong-following-fbi-raid-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oakland-mayor-says-she-has-done-nothing-wrong-following-fbi-raid-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland mayor says she has \u2018done nothing wrong\u2019 following FBI raid &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foakland-mayor-says-she-has-done-nothing-wrong-following-fbi-raid-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2282818&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Oakland Mayor Sheng\u2064 Thao\u2062 has declared her innocence and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-scout-suspended-after-ncaa-opens-cheating-investigation\/\" title=\"Michigan scout suspended amid NCAA cheating probe.\">pledged full cooperation<\/a> \u2063with an ongoing FBI investigation\u200b following a\u2064 raid at\u200d her home. Thao emphasized that she had not been involved in any wrongdoing and stated the investigation did not \u2063target her personally. Despite\u200d not being arrested or \u200ccharged, she faced public scrutiny and political criticism, \u200despecially after staying\u200b out of\u200c the public eye since the FBI operation on\u200c June\u200b 20. The raid involved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President Trump Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">federal agents<\/a> \u2063removing numerous items from the home she shares with her\u2062 partner, Andre Jones. Thao made these\u200d comments at a media briefing\u200c at Oakland City \u2062Hall and chose not to answer questions from the \u200bpress. Her situation has drawn public\u2063 rallies and\u2062 visible protests questioning her whereabouts. Thao has vowed to remain strong\u200b in the face of adversity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oakland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Oakland\">Oakland<\/a> Mayor Sheng Thao said on Monday that she has \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3053801\/fbi-raids-home-of-oakland-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>done nothing wrong<\/a>\u201d and promised to be\u00a0\u201c100% transparent and cooperate fully\u201d with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"FBI\">FBI<\/a> investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be crystal clear: I have done nothing wrong,\u201d said Thao, who had been missing in action since her home was raided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-tapper-notes-hunter-biden-investigation-lara-trump-fires-glad-you-finally-figured-that-out\/\" title=\"Jake Tapper Notes Hunter Biden Investigation; Lara Trump Fires: \u2018Glad You Finally Figured That Out\u2019\">federal authorities<\/a> on Thursday. \u201cI can tell you with confidence that this investigation is not about me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao makes remarks to the media at Oakland City Hall in Oakland, California, on Monday, June 24, 2024, following an FBI raid on her home and three others last week. (Jessica Christian\/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Federal agents hauled numerous boxes and duffel bags stuffed with items from Thao\u2019s Oakland Hills house. Thao lives at the home with her partner, Andre Jones, who, like Thao, is a former chief of staff for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oaklandca.gov\/departments\/oakland-city-council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Oakland council member\">Oakland council member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wiping a tear from her eye, she took aim at her detractors, vowing that she is \u201cnot going down like that \u2014 we\u2019re not going down like that.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0mayor has not been arrested nor charged with a crime.<\/p>\n<p>However, her silence since the June 20 raid had given her political opponents\u00a0an opening to criticize her.\u00a0One group held a rally over the weekend at Oakland City Hall, with protesters waving signs that read, \u201cWhere\u2019s Mayor Sheng Thao?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>There were also pictures of milk cartons with \u201cmissing\u201d captions about the mayor, the <em>San Francisco Chronicle <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/eastbay\/article\/oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-public-comments-fbi-raid-19532052.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a rough\u00a0few days for the\u00a0mayor. <\/p>\n<p>Thao did not take questions after her comments. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3053779\/is-the-bay-area-ok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oakland<\/a> chapter of the NAACP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/sheng-thao-fbi-raid-oakland-mayor-naacp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called <\/a>on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3055173\/key-players-fbi-raid-oakland-mayors-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"her to resign\">her to resign<\/a>, claiming the city \u201chas a cloud hanging over it today\u201d and that Thao should\u00a0step down\u00a0ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strategist-for-ousted-ca-governor-gray-davis-advising-gavin-newsom-set-up-war-room-to-smear-anyone-associated-with-recall-efforts\/\" title=\"Strategist For Ousted CA Governor Gray Davis Advising Gavin Newsom, Set Up \u2018War Room\u2019 to Smear Anyone Associated with Recall Efforts\">recall efforts<\/a> to oust her. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Dylan Qin, 8, holds a sign as Seneca Scott speaks during a Coalition for Community Engagement\u2019s protest outside City Hall in reaction to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao\u2019s absence since the FBI raided her home, in Oakland, California, on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Scott Strazzante\/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, it was confirmed that enough signatures had been collected\u00a0for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-recall-petition-close-to-success\/\" title=\"Newsom Recall Petition Close To Success\">recall question<\/a> to qualify on a November ballot. <\/p>\n<p>Thao\u00a0defended herself against the recall effort on\u00a0Monday, and she wondered aloud why the raids happened so soon after the recall question qualified for the November ballot, the <em>Mercury News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2024\/06\/24\/oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-speaks-for-first-time-since-fbi-raid-at-her-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The same day Thao\u2019s house was raided, federal agents also showed up at the homes of David Duong and his son Andrew Duong, whose family owns California Waste Solutions, a recycling company that has a lucrative contract with the city. <\/p>\n<p>A third raid was carried out at offices shared by the company and the Vietnamese American Business Association, led by multiple members of the Duong family.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER \">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is still unknown why the raid was carried out.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has not released a comment. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, whose home was raided by the FBI last Thursday, asserted her innocence on Monday. &#8220;I have done nothing wrong,&#8221; Thao stated, committing to full transparency and cooperation with the ongoing FBI investigation. She had been notably absent since the raid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2282819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oaklandmayor.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32501,4602,16718],"class_list":["post-2282818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fbi-raid","tag-mayor","tag-oakland"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oaklandmayor.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2282818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2282819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2282818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2282818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2282818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}